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Cite This Data

Tarline Community & Research Network (2026). Tarline beach tar observations [Data set]. tarline.org

Haskell's BeachCarpinteria State Beach
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Swell Direction × Tar

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Surf Model Validation

Trailing 30-day mean absolute error between Tarline's Tier 2 (period-banded window model) surf height and CDIP MOP's own breaker-transformed height, per Santa Barbara beach — the acceptance target (research doc §8) is MAE ≤ 1ft for 80% of spot-days. "Observed days" counts days with at least one user-reported wave-size quick-tap feeding the bias loop.

Beach MAE (ft) Sample days Observed days
Mesa Lane Beach 2.2 45 0
Ellwood Beach 2.2 45 0
Arroyo Burro Beach County Park 2.1 45 0
Carpinteria State Beach 2.1 45 0
Rincon Point 2.1 45 0
Butterfly Beach 2.0 45 0
Haskell's Beach 2.0 45 0
Coal Oil Point 1.9 45 0
El Capitan State Beach 1.8 45 0
Refugio State Beach 1.8 45 0
Hammonds Beach 1.7 45 0
Gaviota State Beach 1.7 45 0
Jalama Beach 1.7 45 0
More Mesa Beach 1.6 45 0
Summerland Beach 1.6 45 0
Sands Beach 1.4 45 0
Leadbetter Beach 1.3 45 0
Campus Point 1.3 45 0
East Beach 1.2 45 0
Goleta Beach 1.2 45 0
West Beach 1.1 45 0

Context Layers

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Known natural seep fields
458
Active oil wells (approx.)
4
Offshore platforms (approx.)

Static display-only counts for v1 — live seeps/wells/platforms feeds land in v2.

Incident Archive

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Aug 30, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: ///UPDATE TO INCIDENT REPORT # 1472244/// CALLERS UPDATE IS AS FOLLOWS: - CALLER STATES THAT THERE WAS NO IMPACT TO ANY WATERWAYS. - ODP WI…
Aug 30, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: A TRAIN COLLIDED WITH A BOULDER ON THE TRACKS THAT PUNCTURED A LOCOMOTIVE FUEL TANK. CAUSING A DIESEL FUEL RELEASE OF AN ESTIMATE 150 -200 G…
Aug 30, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: ****THIS IS A POTENTIAL RELEASE REPORT**** THE CALLER REPORTS A SAILBOAT IS AGROUND ON BREAKERS BEACH. NO POLLUTION OBSERVED. THE CALLER …
Aug 30, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: CALLER REPORTING A DERELICT VESSEL AT THE LAUNCH RAMP THAT HAS SUNKEN RESULTING WITH A SHEEN IN THE WATERWAY SUSPECTED TO BE DIESEL AND OIL.…
Aug 30, 2026 IncidentNews Sunken Vessel at Boat Ramp; Moss Landing, California Source ↗
Aug 28, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: CALLER STATES THERE WAS A SHEEN FROM A SUNKEN VESSEL IN THE MARINA.
Aug 27, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: CALLER STATED THERE IS A STRONG PETROLEUM ODOR IN THE AIR FROM UNKNOWN SOURCES. CALLER STATED THE STRONG ODOR IS MAKING THEM SICK.
Aug 27, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: CALLER REPORTED A PASSENGER CAR DROVE OFF THE HIGHWAY AND INTO THE SURF. NOW THE VEHICLE IS PARTIALLY SUBMERGED IN THE WATER.
Aug 27, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: CALLER IS REPORTING A SPILLING OF MATERIALS FROM A 29 FOOT VESSEL THAT SUNK AT THE INCIDENT LOCATION IN DUTCH SLOUGH. CALLER STATED THERE …
Aug 27, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: THE CALLER REPORTED A DISCOVERY OF AN UNKNOWN SHEEN FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE IN BALBOA YACHT BASIN MARINA AT THE INCIDENT LOCATION.
Aug 27, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: THE CALLER REPORTED A RELEASE OF APPROXIMATELY 2 GALLON OF MINERAL OIL FROM A POLE TOP TRANSFORMER THAT WENT ONTO THE GROUND, INTO A CATCH B…
Aug 26, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: CALLER IS REPORTING A POTENTIAL SPILL OF DIESEL FROM A PLEASURE CRAFT THAT WENT AGROUND AT DEL MONTE BEACH. CALLER STATED THE CAUSE OF THE …
Aug 26, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: CALLER REPORTING THE RELEASE OF AN ESTIMATED 1 GALLON OF HYDRAULIC OIL FROM A VESSEL DUE TO AN EQUIPMENT FAILURE. THIS CAUSED A 10 FOOT LONG…
Aug 26, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: UNKNOWN SHEEN SIGHTING. EXACT SOURCE OF THE SHEEN IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.
Aug 25, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: ****THIS IS AN UPDATE TO NRC REPORT #1471835**** UPDATE IS AS FOLLOWS: - THE AREA IS CALIFORNIA. - SOURCE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. - THE CALLER…
Aug 25, 2026 IncidentNews Dead Cormorants; San Diego, California Source ↗
Aug 24, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: CALLER REPORTING THE DISCHARGE OF APPROX (10) GALLONS OF MINERAL OIL; IT IS UNKNOWN IF IT CONTAINED PCBS. THE MATERIAL DISCHARGED FROM AN ov…
Aug 24, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: THE CALLER OBSERVED A VESSEL SINKING AT THE SLIP AND DISCHARGING GASOLINE INTO MARINA DEL REY.
Aug 24, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: THE CALLER REPORTED A DISCHARGE OF APPROXIMATELY 1 GALLON OF TRANSFORMER OIL (CONTAINING 803 PPM PCBS) FROM A POLE TOP TRANSFORMER THAT WENT…
Aug 24, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: CALLER REPORTING THE RELEASE OF AN UNKNOWN OIL FROM THEIR VESSEL, CAUSING A RAINBOW SHEEN INSIDE THEIR PRE-BOOMED AREA. INVESTIGATION UNDERW…
Aug 23, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: THE CALLER STATES A CAR STRUCK A TRANSFORMER POLE, KNOCKING A POLE MOUNTED TRANSFORMER TO THE GROUND CAUSING 5 GALLONS TRANSFORMER OIL (NON-…
Aug 23, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: THE CALLER STATED THAT THEY DISCOVERED AN UNKNOWN SHEEN FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE IN BREAKWATER COVE.
Aug 23, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: CALLER REPORTING AND UNKNOWN SHEEN FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE NEAR THE WHALE WATCHING BOATS AT THE END OF OLD FISHERMANS WHARF. SHEEN DESCRIBED…
Aug 22, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: CALLER IS REPORTING A SPILL OF DIESEL FROM A PLEASURE CRAFT AT THE INCIDENT LOCATION. CALLER STATED EVERYTIME THE BILGE PUMP COMES ON THERE…
Aug 22, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: UNKNOWN SHEEN SIGHTING. EXACT SOURCE OF THE SHEEN IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.
Aug 22, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: CALLER REPORTED AN UNKNOWN SHEEN FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE OF THE COAST OF VENTURA COUNTY. CALLER STATED THAT IT STRETCHES AT LEAST 2-3 MILES X…
Aug 21, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: THE CALLER STATED THAT THEY DISCOVERED AN UNKNOWN SHEEN FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE IN THE SAN DIEGO BAY.
Aug 21, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: THE CALLER REPORTED A DISCHARGE OF APPROXIMATELY 34 GALLONS OF (16W40 MOBIL DELVAC) LUBE OIL FROM A NAVAL VESSEL THAT WENT INTO SAN DIEGO HA…
Aug 21, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: UNKNOWN SHEEN SIGHTING. EXACT SOURCE OF THE SHEEN IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.
Aug 21, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: ///POTENTIAL RELEASE/// CALLER REPORTED THAT A 58 FT FISHING VESSEL IS AGROUND AND TAKING ON WATER. THERE IS NO VISIBLE OR KNOWN RELEASE BU…
Aug 21, 2026 IncidentNews F/V Resolution; Inverness, California Source ↗
Aug 20, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: HYDRAULIC OIL (DTE25) DISCHARGED FROM THEIR WATER JET DURING A STEERING CYLINDER REMOVAL.
Aug 20, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: CALLER IS REPORTING APPROX 1 GALLON OF DIESEL FUEL RELEASED FROM A GENERATOR DUE TO OPERATOR ERROR INTO SECOND CONTAINMENT AND INTO HUNTINGT…
Aug 20, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: LESS THAN 2 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL DISCHARGED FROM A CRANE BARGE DUE TO OPERATOR ERROR WHILE TRANSFERRING FUEL.
Aug 20, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: CALLER REPORTED AN UNKNOWN SHEEN FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE IN SAN PEDRO BAY. THE SHEEN WAS DESCRIBED AS 20 FT X 30 FT, AND IT IS AN UNKNOWN COL…
Aug 19, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: AN UNQUANTIFIED AMOUNT OF OIL, SUSPECTED TO BE FROM A PREVIOUS RELEASE, HAD IMPACTED A WATERWAY AT THE DUNSMUIR YARD IN DUNSMUIR, CA. THE RE…
Aug 19, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: THE CALLER DISCOVERED AN UNKNOWN SHEEN INCIDENT NEAR THE PIER "MN" IN SAN DIEGO BAY. ***THIS REPORT IS IN ASSOCIATION WITH NRC INCIDENT REP…
Aug 19, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: CALLER REPORTING THE DISCHARGE OF (1) CUP OF MOTOR OIL, BELIEVED TO BE FROM A VESSEL ENGINE, TO PORT OF LONG BEACH WATERS DUE TO AN UNKNOWN …
Aug 19, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: CALLER REPORTED AN UNKNOWN SHEEN FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE IN THE PORT OF LONG BEACH. THE SHEEN WAS DESCRIBED AS 10 FEET X 20 FEET AND RAINBOW …
Aug 18, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: CALLER REPORTING A BLACK, TAR-LIKE, OIL SMELLING SUBSTANCE DRIPPING DOWN THE ROCKS AND ALONG THE ROAD. CALLER STATES WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THE…
Aug 18, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: THE CALLER REPORTED THAT A VEHICLE STRUCK A POWER POLE, CAUSING A TRANSFORMER TO FALL. THIS RESULTED IN THE RELEASE OF AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF …
Aug 18, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: CALLER REPORTING THE RELEASE OF MOTOR OIL AND GASOLINE (LESS THAN A GALLON OF EACH) FROM A GENERATOR AT THE DAM THAT WAS DROPPED. THE OILS W…
Aug 18, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: //////THIS IS AN UPDATE FOR NRC REPORT NUMBER 1471155.//////// UPDATED INFO: - CREWS HAVE VALIDATED THAT THE RELEASE REMAINED ISOLATED AND …
Aug 18, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: THE CALLER STATED THAT WHILE DOING A TRANSFER A VESSEL RELEASED (15) GALLONS OF OILY WASTE AND FUEL. THE MATERIAL RELEASED INTO THE SAN DIEG…
Aug 17, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: THE CALLER REPORTED THE DISCOVERY OF AN UNKNOWN SHEEN FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE ON THE WATERS OF SAN DIEGO HARBOR. THE CALLER NOTED THAT A BIRD…
Aug 17, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: THE CALLER DISCOVERED IN AN UNKNOWN SHEEN FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE IN THE OAKLAND INNER HARBOR CHANNEL.
Aug 17, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: CALLER REPORTING THE DISCHARGE OF LESS THAN (2) BARRELS OF OILY WATER, FROM A CLEANUP TANK, TO CONCRETE/ASPHALT SECONDARY CONTAINMENT DUE TO…
Aug 17, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: ****THIS IS AN UPDATE TO NRC REPORT #1470983**** UPDATE IS AS FOLLOWS: - THE CALLER STATES 31 GALLONS OF OIL AND 95 GALLONS OF WATER RELEAS…
Aug 16, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: THE CALLER REPORTED THAT A PLEASURE CRAFT VESSEL HAS BEEN TAKING ON WATER, AND DISCHARGING UNKNOWN FUEL AND OILS INSIDE OF THE VESSEL, FOR T…
Aug 16, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: THE CALLER OBSERVED A VESSEL SUBMERGED IN GULF OF SANTA CATALINA WITH SHEEN PRESENCE.

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